India, May 15 -- In the era of nuclear families, some still believe in larger households with people from multiple generations living, surviving and thriving under one roof.

On the eve of the International Day of Families, HT reports on some of such families in the city that claim to have been living as a big unit for decades. It is love and the values of kinship that have kept them together. They are each other's support system, in both good and bad times.

Imran Ahmad Abbasi and 35 members of his family live in the Chowk area of the city. Their mornings begin with the entire family gathering for breakfast. Fun chats give them a head start to the day.

"My grandfather Zameer Sahab and father Izhar Sahab moved here from Farrukhabad in 19...